Knecap arrive at the Dublin Premiere of their film at the Light House Cinema. Picture Andres Poveda West Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap have said they didn’t think their biopic would “go beyond Belfast” as their first film had its Dublin premiere tonight. All members of Kneecap – Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí – arrived tonight in their blue jeep waving Irish and Palestinian flags at the Light House Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin 7.
Kneecap is an Irish language biopic set in the West Belfast Gaeltacht Quarter in 2019 which follows the trio's unlikely rise into figureheads of a Civil Rights movement to save their mother tongue – Irish. Knecap arrive at the Dublin Premiere of their film at the Light House Cinema. Picture Andres Poveda The comedy-drama sees the Kneecap trio – Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh – playing themselves in their acting debuts, alongside an ensemble cast including Academy Award nominee Michael Fassbender, Josie Walker and Simone Kirby.
Speaking to the Irish Independent on the red carpet tonight, Móglaí Bap said the group didn’t think the movie would go beyond Belfast. "People in America and outside of Ireland are enjoying it,” he said. "We enjoyed [acting].
We got acting classes for six months,” he said, as Mo Chara added that the process of creating the movie was “good craic”. Meanwhile, DJ Próvaí said: “There’s a lot of people looking into their own indigenous cultures.